Discovery Box2 Kings 21:3 
Context21:3 He rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed; he set up altars for Baal and made an Asherah pole just like King Ahab of Israel had done. He bowed down to all the stars in the sky 1 and worshiped 2 them.
2 Kings 21:5
Context21:5 In the two courtyards of the Lord’s temple he built altars for all the stars in the sky.
2 Kings 21:7
Context21:7 He put an idol of Asherah he had made in the temple, about which the Lord had said to David and to his son Solomon, “This temple in Jerusalem, which I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel, will be my permanent home. 3
1 sn See the note at 2 Kgs 17:16.
2 tn Or “served.”
3 tn Heb “In this house and in Jerusalem, which I chose from all the tribes of Israel, I will place my name perpetually (or perhaps “forever”).”
